Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... English ground , and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble Earl , the father of our amiable Captain and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank . Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of ...
... English ground , and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble Earl , the father of our amiable Captain and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank . Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of ...
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... English in other sciences , they seem peculiarly excellent in the art of healing . There is scarcely a disorder incident to humanity , against which our advertising doctors are not possessed with a most infallible antidote . The ...
... English in other sciences , they seem peculiarly excellent in the art of healing . There is scarcely a disorder incident to humanity , against which our advertising doctors are not possessed with a most infallible antidote . The ...
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... English are sensible of the force of this reason- ing ; they have therefore one doctor for the eyes , anoth- er for the toes ; they have their sciatica doctors , and in- oculating doctors ; they have one doctor who is mod- estly content ...
... English are sensible of the force of this reason- ing ; they have therefore one doctor for the eyes , anoth- er for the toes ; they have their sciatica doctors , and in- oculating doctors ; they have one doctor who is mod- estly content ...
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